WSO Account Exposed to IB Team

Hey lads, had a shower thought earlier.

Has anyone ever heard or experienced an incident where one's WSO activity was caught by a colleague or the whole team? The closest thing I heard from a few years back, one associate was complaining about his VP on here, and apparently the VP connected the dots and confronted him IRL.

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I got caught once and when they saw my impressive banana count, I received an instant promotion.

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Yes. And unless you say absolutely nothing of value, it isn't that difficult to identify a user on this platform. Anonymity is not a real thing on sites like this if you are commenting in any way that adds value. The only question is how hard will someone else look? While identifying a user in this forum is a relatively easy thing to do, it does require a person to put in work. It may be relatively easy work for people with the right skillset, but most people aren't willing to do so.  

 

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